Jupiter has four large moons – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – with diameters of more than 3000 kilometres. However, as of April 2023, we know it is also home to 91 additional small satellites.

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These pinpricks of light are actually Jupiter's four largest moons, now known as the Galilean moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Many of these celestial orbs are as remarkable as Jupiter ...

When it comes to places to search for life, Io hasn’t really been at the top of the list. Other moons of Jupiter, like Europa and Ganymede, have been considered far more likely candidates.

NASA When the spacecraft’s namesake, Galileo Galilei, first trained his telescope on Jupiter in 1610, he saw only four moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto (arranged in this artificial ...

But it hasn’t always been this way. Jupiter’s four largest moons – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – were the first ever discovered orbiting another planet. They were spotted by Galileo ...

and the equivalent of Jupiter in Hellenic mythology. They are Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. The experiment was developed and built under Italian leadership with international collaboration, ...

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Galileo never saw Ganymede, Jupiters largest moon, but this NASA video shows the moon orbiting behind Jupiter in just two hours National Treasure: The History of the Lie Detector The Incredible ...

For instance, last year, the European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE) — which will also be exploring Europa, in addition to its larger cousins Ganymede and Callisto ...